The Penn's Grove record., 1887-02-12

lL1b EduS DllIJ was COlSlOefel, uuI
which the Senate adjournd.
In the U. s. Senate on the It'll, the
credentials of Francis B. Stockbridge
as senator from Michigan, for the term
beginning March 4th next, were pre-
sented and referred TO the Committee
on Privileges and Elections. The two
House bills appropl iating S2I 900 900
for modern ordnance and coast fortifca-
tions, were taken up and passed, with
some amendments reported by the
Committer on Coast DEFICIENCIES. The bills
were passed without debate and with
out a division. The guu factory pro-
vided for in the Ordnance bill is to be
at the Washington Navy Yard. The
House bills to amend the act prohibit
ing the importation of foreign contract
labor and to amend the laws in relation
to the immediate transportation Of
dutiable goods were also passed. A
message from the House requesting a
certified copy OF the Chinese Indemnity
bill, was ordered to be complied with.
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the Eads-Tehuantepec bill. Pend
ing debate the Senate went into secret
session, and when the doors were re-
opened adjourned.
In the U. 5. Senate on the 9Th, bills
we're taken from the calendar and
passed, ameny them a bill to amend
the statutes in relation to the immedi-
ate transportation of dutiable goods,
and a bill to prohibit any officer. agent,
or servant of the Government hiring
or contracting out the labor of prison.
ers. The House bill relating to the
importing and landing of mackerel
caught during the spawning eason
was taken up. During Its discussion
Mr.. Edmunds presented Il report from
the Commissioner of Fisheries as to
complaints from owners Of vessels of
i'll treatment on the Canadian coasts,
showing 81 cases in addition to those
! reported TO the State Department. The
report was ordered printed. On 40
ton of Mr.. Hoar an amendment to the
Mackerel Fishing bill was adopted,
postponing the period when it Is to
take effect from March list next until
March 1st. 1888. Pending further ac-
ton the Senate went into executive
session, and. when the doors were Ie-
opened, adjourned.
HOUSE
In the House on the 4th, messages
were received from the President veto
ing bills granting pensions to Alex
ander Falconer and William Lynch.
Mr.. McCreary, of Kentucky, offered a
resolution amending the rules so as to
bills were considered in the evening
session. Adjourned.
In the House on the 9TH, a message
xvrog yOaaiual frDnn fhA DraaFlaaA ,voN,
ing a bill granting a pension to Cuthbert
Stone, because the army records show
that the claimant spent most of his
term of enlistment in desertion or in
Imprisonment for desertjon. Vetoes
were also received OF bills granting
pensions to Franklin Sweet, jesse
Campbell, b. X. Bennett, Catharine
Sadler and James r.. Baylor, on the
ground principally that their claims
are still pending in the Pension Bureau.
The Senate bill for the Refunding of
Direct Taxes was received and re-
ferred. TIE Fourth of July Claims"
biE-appropriating 1892, 900 was passed.
The Di Jlomatic and Consular Appro-
priatln bill was considered. Adjourned.
In the House on the 18th, a NUMBER of
bills were introduced under the call OF
States and referred. Among them was
one by Mr.. Reed, of Maine for Mr..
Dingley), to protect the fisheries of the
United States. 1t makes foreign ves-
sells, within the three-mile limit of the
United States, liable to seizure and for
TEXTURE. Mr.. Springer, of Illinois,
moved to suspend the rules and pass
the Senate bill providing that all private
claim bills or petitions for the payment
of private claims presented to Congress
| shall be referred to the Court of Claims
for a judicia l a-scertainment of the facts,
and for the report of those facts to Con-
gresS. Lost--yeas, 76, nays, 75--for
want Of twO-thirds in the affirmative.
Mr.. Bayne Of Pennsylvania, moved to
suspend the rules and pass the Senate
bill fixing the salaries of United States
District Judges at 5000. Lost-yeas
l44, nays 100. The rules were sus-
pended and bills were passed for the
erection of a $3.50, 0O0 public building
at Augusta, Georgia; increasing to
$500, 000 the limit for the public build
ing at Troy, New York; a%ppropriating
Sl25, 900 for completion of the public
building in Detroit, and granting the
right of way through the Indian Terri
UOiN 10 lI6 OulCdSJ, hdDSdS duu Nt-
braska Railroad Company. Adjourned.
In the House on the 9Th, a bill was
passed appropriating 81 500, 900 for a
public building in Brooklyn, New
York. Bills were reported from the
Committee ON Coinage for the issue Of
subsidiary silver com, and from the
Committee on Civil Service Reform
fixing the salaries of the Civil Service
Commissioners at $4,000 per annum.
The bill relating to the compensation of
United States Attorneys, Marshals and
Commissioners Substituting salaries for
the fee sy tenn vas discussed in the
morning hour. The Senate bill to IN
demnify certain subjects of the Chinese
Empire for losses sustained by the vio-
Ience Of the mob at Rock Springs.
Wyoming Territory, on September ID,
1885, was considered in Committee OF
the Whole. After debate the House
bill on the subject was substituted for
the Senate bill, reported to the House
and passed. a Senate bill was then
passed prohibiting the inn creation OF
opium into the United States by any
subject of the Emperor Of China Ad-
journed.